Having difficulty in getting study motivation? Fallen way back on your classes but still not doing anything about it? Do you feel extremely turned off just by thinking about studying?

If you feel this way, well at least you can take comfort in the fact that almost everyone has experienced this lack of study motivation. This is especially true a person has no interests at all in the subject that he or she is studying.

Fortunately, with will power, determination and some simple tips & techniques, anyone can turn that dislike into motivation for studying. Use the tips below for increase your study motivation.

1. Schedule time to study. Make sure that you schedule time to study. Don’t get into the habit of just studying only ‘when you feel like it’. Set your study schedule beforehand and make sure that you stick to it. Revolve all other activities around that schedule. Take your study time seriously and make it almost sacred. Nothing should interfere with it.

2. Use the 5 minute principle. The motive of the 5 minute principle is to get things started. To get the ball rolling. In anything that you do, the first step is always the hardest. Once you have some momentum, it becomes easy to maintain the drive.

Everytime you don’t feel like studying, just plan to study seriously for 5 minutes. Tell yourself and genuinely only intend to study for the next 5 minutes, then that’s it. This will more likely to get you to take action as it will feel much less painful compared to bracing yourself to study for the next 2 hours.

When you do this, what happens is that after studying seriously and intensely for those 5 minutes, your studying momentum would have already gained some serious traction. By that time you will want to continue studying and not feel like stopping.

3. Stop/start at the fun part. When having to stop for breaks, meals or other activities, plan to stop when you’re at a fun part of the subject. The parts that are more interesting and enjoyable to you. This way, when you continue to study later, it’ll be much easier to get started because you’ll be starting at the fun parts.

4. Remove distractions. As much as possible, try to remove the possible distractions as far away from you as possible. Let’s face it, if the TV remote is right in front of you, you’re more likely to turn on the TV. If you study on the bed, it’s like giving yourself a free invitation to take a nap. Make it as difficult as possible for these distractions to get to you. If your bedroom is at the other end of the house, you will be less likely to walk the ‘long’ journey across the house just for a nap.

5. Set Goals. Setting goals will give you more motivation. When there’s a target to aim at, we’ll be more determined rise up to the challenge and push ourselves to achieve it. The sense of satisfaction from the achievement is also a good confidence booster. In addition to that, it will cultivate a habit of studying.

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